This blog is a chronicle of my thoughts and photographs pertaining to the two TPLO surgeries that Ivy, my Labrador Retriever had performed on February 11, 2008 by Dr. Robert Pernell of Coastal Carolina Veterinary Specialists, N. Charleston, SC and on October 9, 2008 by Dr. Jeff Stallings of Tidewater Veterinary Surgery, Virginia Beach, VA. Ivy is a 7 year old, 63 pound, spayed female yellow Labrador Retriever. She is one very brave dog.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

On the Road to Recovery

Twelve days post op and Ivy is on the road to recovery. She takes 4 potty breaks a day and it usually takes two of us to maneuver as she uses a sling for her back legs. The weather in Virginia has been delightful; cool crisp mornings and evenings and mild afternoons. Ivy loves her time outside, as always, and tolerates the sling well. We still have her wearing the E Collar when she is unsupervised, but she does well with that also. What a good dog!!!

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If you are reading this blog for the first time, I urge you to start at the beginning (it reads backwards and I don't know how to change it). For whatever reason, some of the earlier photos are missing, possibly due to some changes Blogger has made over the years. I am trying to recover and republish those photos.

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I'm a Certified Virginia Master Naturalist,
board member with the Virginia Beach Audubon Society, member of the
Virginia Society of Ornithology, member of the Butterfly Society of
Virginia, and a member of Back Bay Restoration Foundation.
Additionally, I volunteer for the Virginia Beach SPCA, Lynnhaven
River NOW, and the City of Virginia Beach.

I am a photography enthusiast and I am indeed fortunate that many of my photos of native birds and
wildlife have appeared in local publications. For the last several
years, my photos of local Virginia Beach Bald Eagles have appeared in
the Garden of Eagles calendar, an international publication. My husband Joe and I live on the Signature at West Neck with our two dogs,
Mocha and Frodo.